Katherine Hannigan
Hobart,IN
Summary
Focused and attentive Staff Member with good administrative, organizational and problem-solving abilities. Skilled at coordinating people, activities and documents. Dedicated to benefitting mutual growth and success and PROVIDING SUPPORT, EDUCATION, AND LIFE SKILLS TO CHILDREN in a changing world.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Education Teacher-Mild Intervention
Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperative
11.2016 - Current
- One-on-one handling of emotional & behavioral students in a high, middle, and elementary school setting
- Excellent communication skills with students, parents, and co-workers
- Creating and implementing curriculum, adjusting to meet the individual needs of each child
- Implementing and monitoring IEP’s: completing FBA’s, BIPS, Progress monitoring, goals
Behavioral Intervention Specialist
Family & Youth Services Bureau
01.2004 - 11.2016
- One-on-one handling of emotional & behavioral teenagers in a high school setting
- Affective Group facilitation; creating and implementing materials to foster improved social skills, teaching alternatives to destructive behaviors and facilitating an environment to promote growth and learning
- Create and implement curriculum for Independent Living Skills
- School Wide Coordinator of Wellness Groups, Holiday dinners, Box Tops For Education.
Out Client Services Staff
Family Life Coordinator
- Facilitated Parent Nurturing workshops, which identify and minimize family risk factors to promote healthier family environments, for parents referred by the Dept of Child Services
- Facilitated Parent Enrichment Workshops dealing with issues such as power struggles, misbehaviors, etc
- Coordinated Educational workshops for professionals on the topics of childhood abuse and neglect
- Worked directly with Department of Child Services to facilitate family restoration
- Independent Living Coordinator
- Enriched the lives of foster children ages 14-18 by teaching independent living skills
- Facilitated workshops designed to promote social skills.
Risk Management Staff
Therapeutic Day Program
- Trained teenagers sentenced to Dept of Corrections alternatives to their destructive behavior in a classroom setting
- Affective group facilitation.
Education
Master of Arts - Education
Purdue University Northwest
Hammond, IN08.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology of Childhood & Adolescents
Indiana University Northwest
Gary, IN05.2005
Skills
- Collaboration with parents, co-workers and students
- Creation of FBA's, BIP's, PLOP's, Goals, Affective groups
- Years of experience in the classroom working with emotional/behavioral students
Timeline
Special Education Teacher-Mild Intervention
Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperative
11.2016 - Current
Behavioral Intervention Specialist
Family & Youth Services Bureau
01.2004 - 11.2016
Out Client Services Staff
Family Life Coordinator
Risk Management Staff
Therapeutic Day Program
Master of Arts - Education
Purdue University Northwest
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology of Childhood & Adolescents
Indiana University Northwest
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